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Books always speak of other books.


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When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.

When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.



If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot.

If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot.



I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.



Absence is to love as wind is to fire: it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big.

Absence is to love as wind is to fire: it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big.



There are four types: the cretin, the imbecile, the stupid and the mad. Normality is a balanced mixture of all four.

There are four types: the cretin, the imbecile, the stupid and the mad. Normality is a balanced mixture of all four.



I love the smell of book ink in the morning.

I love the smell of book ink in the morning.



To survive, you must tell stories.

To survive, you must tell stories.



But Italy is not an intellectual country. On the subway in Tokyo everybody reads. In Italy, they don't. Don't evaluate Italy from the fact that it produced Raphael and Michelangelo.

But Italy is not an intellectual country. On the subway in Tokyo everybody reads. In Italy, they don't. Don't evaluate Italy from the fact that it produced Raphael and Michelangelo.



Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.

Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.



We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.





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An unholy altered state of mindStalking with intent from behindThe needless lonely empty timeThat’s filled my life- that’s so unkind



The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight But they while their companions slept Were toiling upward in the night.

The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight But they while their companions slept Were toiling upward in the night.



An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the world song that can never be filled.

An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the world song that can never be filled.



And gold has no name, it licks the hand of anyone who has it: good dog!

And gold has no name, it licks the hand of anyone who has it: good dog!



The Laws of Reasoning consist of the ground, the path, and the result. ...Suffering is in the mind. How we perceive happiness determines our suffering or not.

The Laws of Reasoning consist of the ground, the path, and the result. ...Suffering is in the mind. How we perceive happiness determines our suffering or not.



Every woman will tell the curious that with the disappearance of the spinning wheel vanished India's happiness and prosperity.

Every woman will tell the curious that with the disappearance of the spinning wheel vanished India's happiness and prosperity.



Every time you do something that is important, write down what you expect will happen.

Every time you do something that is important, write down what you expect will happen.



The worst thing you can do is invest in companies you know nothing about. Unfortunately, buying stocks on ignorance is still a popular American pastime.

The worst thing you can do is invest in companies you know nothing about. Unfortunately, buying stocks on ignorance is still a popular American pastime.




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